Rail Payanangalil

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A singer and his fan have an unrequited love, but she marries a sadist bent on torturing her, questioning her chastity at every turn. The singer, in the end, to prove her chastity, attempts to molest her only to lose his life in the process of establishing her virtue to her husband.

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• Sreenath as N. Vasanth
• Jyothi as Shanthi
• Rajeev as Deepak
• Sivaranjani
• Master Ananth
• Idichapuli Selvaraj
• Dilip as Ravi, Vasanth's PA
• Veeraraghavan
• T. Rajendar in a cameo appearance as train passenger in Coimbatore in "Vasantham Paadi Vara"

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The music was composed by T. Rajendar, who also wrote the lyrics.{{Cite web |date=28 June 1981 |title=Irayil Payanangalil – EP |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/irayil-payanangalil-ep/1531084658 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230528053148/https://music.apple.com/us/album/irayil-payanangalil-ep/1531084658 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=Apple Music}}{{Cite web |title=Rail Payanangalil Tamil Mini LP vinyl record by T.Rajender |url=https://mossymart.com/product/rail-payanangalil-tamil-mini-lp-vinyl-record-by-t-rajender/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921042012/https://mossymart.com/product/rail-payanangalil-tamil-mini-lp-vinyl-record-by-t-rajender/ |archive-date=21 September 2021 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=Mossymart}} The songs "Ada Yaaro", "Vasantham Paadi Vara" and "Noolumillai" attained popularity.{{Cite web |last=ராமையா |first=தினேஷ் |date=20 May 2021 |title=டி.ஆரின் 'ரயில் பயணங்களில்' படத்தை 80ஸ் காதலர்கள் ஏன் கொண்டாடினார்கள்? #40YearsofRailpayanangalil |url=https://tamilnadunow.com/entertainment/tamil-cinema/t-rajendars-rail-payanangalil-marks-40-years/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616194955/https://tamilnadunow.com/entertainment/tamil-cinema/t-rajendars-rail-payanangalil-marks-40-years/ |archive-date=16 June 2021 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=Tamilnadu Now |language=ta}}

The film ran for over 175 days in theatres.{{Cite web |last=செல்வராஜ் |first=என். |date=20 March 2017 |title=வெள்ளி விழா கண்ட தமிழ் திரைப்படங்கள் |url=https://puthu.thinnai.com/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716113008/https://puthu.thinnai.com/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BE-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF/ |archive-date=16 July 2021 |access-date=8 August 2022 |website=Thinnai |language=ta}} Nalini Sastry of Kalki praised Rajender's dialogues and music, and the performance of the actors but panned the ending as artificial.{{Cite magazine |last=சாஸ்திரி |first=நளினி |date=21 June 1981 |title=ரயில் பயணங்களில் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1981-06-21/page/n17/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230408024450/https://archive.org/details/kalki1981-06-21/page/n17/mode/2up |archive-date=8 April 2023 |access-date=7 April 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=18 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}} Naagai Dharuman of Anna praised Rajender for his music and direction and for handling many technical burden but felt story and screenplay could have been much better. He also praised the cinematography and acting of the cast.{{Cite news |last=தருமன் |first=நாகை |date=21 June 1981 |title=இரயில் பயணங்களில் |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_5_116/3.jp2/full/1000,1399/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250602062928/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_5_116/3.jp2/full/1000,1399/0/default.jpg |archive-date=2 June 2025 |access-date=2 June 2025 |work=Anna |pages=3 |language=ta |via=Endangered Archives Programme}}

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